Trowel.



T. N. WILSON. TROWEL. APPLICATION mm JUNE 22, I916- Patented 10w11,1917.

Tit/omits n, WILSON,

OF PORTLAND, orvEeOnL'AssIenOa or ONE-HALF TOYAQG." ,WHITMIEB, orrontrrann, osneon. I

TBOWEL.

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Applicationfiled'Iune 22, 191e, serial no, 105,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs- N. WILson, a citizen of the United States,residlng n the city of Portland, county of Multnomah,

and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Trowels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to further improvements in trowels of the charactershown and described in my United States Patent 1,003,388, issuedSeptember 12, 1911. In the invention as shown and described in thatpatent, my handle is adjustably held in position by means of aneccentric lever, whereby the locking strain is exerted downwardly on theblade of the trowel, with a pull up wardly on the bar, or bead, of theblade, tending to pull, the bar, or bead, from the trowel.

The Object of my present invention 1s to provide an improved means foradJustably and detachably clampin the handle to the blade, whereby thehand e is clamped to the bead, without any strain on the blade itself.

In order that others may understand my invention, I have illustrated thesame in the accompanying sheet of drawings, which I will now describe. 7V

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a trowel embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a front end view thereof; and

Fig. 4 shows a detail of a right and left hand screw for clamping thehandle to the blade bar, or bead.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 designates the trowel blade, providedon its upper surface with a bead, or bar, 2. A handle 3, is providedwith a body 4, secured to the handle by means of a bolt 5, eXtendinglengthwise therethrough, and provided with a nut 63. Said body 4, isadapted to straddle over the bead, or bar, 2, 1n the manner clearlyindicated in the drawings, and to as 8 and 9, are Operated by means ofan Operatthis end is split, as indicated at 7, so that the sides thereofcan be moved apart, or brought together in a way to clamp around theopposite sides of the bar, or bead, 2. The two parts of the body 4, aredrawn together and moved apart by means of two screw nuts 8 and 9,provided, respectively,

with right and left hand threads, and each being screwed on to an innerscrew 10, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4. The screw nuts ing yoke, orlever, 11, the lower ends of which are attached to the opposite ends ofsaid screw nuts, so as to turn them together on the screw 10, when saidyoke, or lever 11, is moved in one direction, and to move them apartthereon when said yoke, or lever, is moved in the Opposite direction, asindicated in dotted lines, Fig. l. Said yoke, or lever, 11, is adaptedto be seated snugly into the end of the handle 3, as clearly indicatedin Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, and is provided with a lifting lip12, by means of which said lever, Or yoke, can be pushed outwardly inthe position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, for the purpose of releasingthe grip of the body 4, upon the bead, or bar, 2. To

this end the'handle 3, is provided with a wholly removed therefrom. Saidhandle can also be reversed on said blade, if desired, as when the endof the blade most used has become worn.

Thus it will be seen that with my im proved 'means the handle can befirmly clamped around the bead, or bar, 2, of the blade without exertingany separating strain between the blade 1, and the bead 2, this beingaccomplished by means for drawing the clamping portions of the body 4,toward each other and locking them in clamping position.

What I claim is:

1. A trowel of the character shown and described, comprising incombination a. blade provided on its upper surface with a longitudinallyextending bead-like member, a handle having a body portion adapted tostraddle over said bead-like member and to rest at its lower endsquarely upon said blade at opposite sides of said bead-like member, aleft and right hand screw mechanism connecting the parts of said body,and means forming a permanent part of said handle and connected withsaid screw mechanism for turning the same, whereby to draw the parts ofsaid body in clamping engagement around the opposite sides of saidbead-likemember, substantially as described.

2. A trowel of the character shown and described, comprising a bladeprovided on its upper side With a longitudinally extending b'ad likemember, a handle having'a body portion adapted to straddle over saidbead-like member and to rest squarely upon said blade at opposite sidesof said bead-v like member, ascrew provided With left and right handscrewy nuts through said body and adapted to draw the parts of said body10 together intoclamping engagement With the .Oregon, this 16th dayopposite sides of said bead-like member, and an operating yoke, orlever, connected to the opposite ends of said screw nuts, for turningthe same substantially as described.

S igned at Portland,

of June, 1916.

I I THOMAS N. WILSON. In presence of- I. M; GRIFFIN,

A. G. VVHITMER.

capis of tmsp'atent may e obtained for five cents each, by addressing me"f'commis s'ioner of Patents,

I Washington, D. 0.

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